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Chinese Employers Seminar
We held a seminar for employers with a difference – it was all in Chinese. We went through what employers need to do in New Zealand – their responsibilities, payroll, filing PAYE returns, ACC payments, etc. It was a great success with a full house spilling out into the corridor. Albert from FreshJeans attended the […]
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Fish and Ponds
This year, myself and Greg Rathbun attended PrimeGlobal’s combined World and Asian Pacific conference in Ho Chi Min city. First, a bit of history regarding our association Gilligan Sheppard joined ‘Polaris International’ in 2009 and the Asia Pacific meeting was held in Auckland, where we hosted firms from all over the world in our offices. […]
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Medieval Christmas
It is a tradition here at Gilligan Sheppard, for any of our new team members to brain storm ideas and then activate the Christmas party for the firm – all within a tight budget. This year we were not disappointed with the newbies piling us onto a party bus and transporting us back in time […]
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Business growth and development in the online world seminar
The seminar “Business Growth and Development in the Online World” was a great success. The speakers we lined up proved to be entertaining and informative. Our very own Adrian Burke kicked off the seminar with a quote “Business has only two functions – marketing and innovation”. This was followed by an interesting story about Groupon […]
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Debate Success
The ASB Great Debate is THE event for Auckland 2013. An entertaining, exciting, engaging evening during which a Bruce Sheppard led accountants team took on a Mark Hanaghan led legal team to debate “Lawyers contribute more than Accountants”. The event was a successful fundraiser for Starship, Kidney Kids and other Auckland Rotary supported charites. Here’s […]
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